Film Record: Wild Rice Harvest

Still image from Wild Rice Harvest via Filmpreservation.org.

Identifier:

• 25565 (Source: Harvard Film Archive)

Date produced: 1940

Filmmaker(s):

Monroe Killy

Country of Production:

United States

Length:

1 reel (409 ft)

Format:

16mm

Colour:

Colour

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

Minnesota Historical Society list of titled amateur films
National Film Preservation Foundation Grant, 2000

Description:

"Shows a traditional wild rice harvest, including parching, threshing or jigging by foot power, and fanning. Participants are the John Chicag family and Gerald Strong." Minnesota Historical Society.

Resources:

Record of the film at ArchiveGrid, and Worldcat.org.

This film is held by the Minnesota Historical Society. MHS preserved the film with a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Locations:

• Nett Lake Indian Reservation, Minnesota (Filming)

Subjects:

• Agriculture
• Food
• Indigenous peoples

Genre:

• Ethnographic

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Repository:

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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